1973 Birth of Ina City, Nagano Prefecture. Lives and resides in Himeji city from
1975. Illustration, color pencil artist activity with pen name of TWO.AI's from
1989 to 1995. In 2014 I resumed illustrator as an idol specialist Katanashi
Mugyou after about 20 years. In the same year remix CD jacket illustration
charge for social media idol • notall. Resumed as a colored pencil artist in
2015. An exhibition debut at the British pencil museum (group exhibition).
Currently joining Japan, UK, Australia and Canada related societies. From 2017
we have also started exhibiting at the art fair. I am based on the concept of
women's spirituality and cuteness both on illustrations drawn on a personal
computer and drawings drawn on paper. The style combines illustration and
abstract expression with influence which originally drawn manga. When drawing
with colored pencils or graphite pencils, we combine various techniques, mainly
vertical strokes that draw vertical lines or parallel strokes that only draw
horizontal lines. When drawing illustrations, it is the main content to draw
character design or fantasy illustration based on collaboration with Japanese
animation and photographs. I am also working on digital production using Gimp
from analogs such as colored pencils and aqueous magic. In addition to painting
women, when drawing buildings, plants, or animals, I will first fill in the
details after capturing the shape as an illustration. Sometimes I change pastel,
watercolors, acrylic and painting materials. That is related to having decided
Katanashi Mugyou as artist name in 2014.

"Let me like my picture! "
Even though I use all the painting materials in order to realize the thought
contained in this catchphrase, it means that it means that I can express with my
way of use that is not anyone's usage from the past to the present age. I think
that as long as there are people who will see me even if only one person looks
at my picture, I will continue to draw a picture.

The personal
website: katanashimugyou.art
The place my live and work: Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan